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Oil Can No. 239,241.. Patented March 22, I881.

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UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

FREDERICK H. FURNISS, OF WATERLOO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO MAR- SHALL HUDSON, OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK.

OIL-CAN.

SPESIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 239,241, dated March 22, 1881. Application filed January 8, 1881. (ModeL) To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK H. FUR- NISS, of Waterloo, in the county of Seneca, in the State of New York, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Oil-Oans, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description. it

The object of this invention is to provide an oil-can which shall prevent evaporation of its contents and guard against explosion of same; and it consists in a peculiar construction of a stopple and its connection with the inlet-tube, whereby said stopple is prevented 1 from becoming lost, readily applied to and removed from the inlet-tube, and when applied it effectually prevents the escape of gas from the can.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure is a side view of my improved oil-can, the dotted line showing the stopple removed from the inlet-tube. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of same, and Fig. 3 a detail view of the stopple.

Similar letters of reference indicate corre- 2 spending parts.

A represents an oil can of any ordinary shape and dimensions.

sis the spout for the discharge of the oil. This spout I extend down the interior of the 0 can, and terminateit with an open end at or near the bottom thereof, as illustrated in Fig. 2 of the drawings. The upper extremity passes through the top of the can, and its protruding discharge end is of the usual form.

3 5 It will be observed that by the extension of the spent to the vicinity of the bottom of the can I prevent the escape of the gas, which usually rises to the surface of the oil and accumulates in the upper part of the can, and

40 consequently prevent evaporation of the oil and avoid the danger of explosion.

(t denotes the inlet-tube, through which the oil is introduced into the can. bis the stopple for said inlet. This stopple I form with a suitable head or handle, h, for the manipulation of same, and with a flange or an enlargement,f, by which it is seated upon the end of the inlet-tube a. Under the enlargementf the stopple has a tapered or conical extension adapted to enter the inlet-tube, and at 0 the junction of this tapered portion with the enlarged portion fit is provided with an annular groove, 0,, in which is inserted a gasket or packing-ring, c, of rubber or other suitable material, said gasket being suftioiently wide 5' 5 to extend over the top edge of the inlettube and form an air-tight seat for the enlarged portion f of the stopple. The exterior of the inlet-tube a. is surrounded by a spiral spring,

8, which has its upper end firmly attached to the tube a, and with its lower end exerts a downward pressure on a ring, g, which, by a bail, a, is connected with the head or handle of the stopple, and thus holds the same seated upon the top of tlle inlet-tube. When it is desired to open at; said inlet the top of the stopple can be pressed or tilted to one side, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1 of the drawings. In replacing the stopple the groove 6 engages the top edge of the inlet-tube, and serves as a fulcrum for carrying the top of the stopple over and onto the said tube.

Having described my invention, what I claim is 1. The combination, with an oil-can, of the inlettubea, stopple b, gasket 0, ring g, spring 5, and hail a, substantially as shown and described.

2.'In combination with the inlet-tube a, the stopple I), provided with the annular groove c and gasket 0, bail a, ring g, and spring 8, substantially in the manner and for the purpose specified and shown.

In testimony whereof Ihave hereunto signed my name and affixed my seal, in the presence of two attesting witnesses, at Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, in the State of New York, this 31st day of December, 1880.

FREDERICK H. FURNISS. [Ls] Witnesses WM. 0. RAYMOND, O. BENDIXON. 

